The Young Ones ..... yes, the series.

Originally posted by purclecow
i love the young ones....i have series 1 and 2 on dvd

Then that's all of them isn't it? I think there wre only two.
I remember begging to be allowed to stay up and watch this when it was first on. I was born in 1974, so I was probably only about 10!
I used to repeat what I heard and get told off for swearing. But I managed to memorise virtually whole scripts!
One of my favourite episodes was "Interesting".
Rick: What's this? It's a hippies isn't it?
Hippie: My barely adequate psychic defences are crumbling.

Guest: It's a bit smelly in here - it smells like a Gents.
Other guest: a gent's what?

Balowski: Hey, there's no chance of using your toilit is there?
Mike: No.
Balowski: Thought not, that's why I pissed in your garden.

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Originally posted by Varg
Then that's all of them isn't it? I think there wre only two.
I remember begging to be allowed to stay up and watch this when it was first on. I was born in 1974, so I was probably only about 10!
I used to repeat what I heard and get told off for swearing. But I managed to memorise virtually whole scripts!
One of my favourite episodes was "Interesting". ...[text shortened]... toilit is there?
Mike: No.
Balowski: Thought not, that's why I pissed in your garden.

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yeah, i think there was only 2 series......they repeated the series again in 1991 because i was little then and watching it...i havent been alive long enough to see the original series when it was first aired. i love bottom too...i think rick and an that guy that plays viv that stars in both are really funny.

Originally posted by purclecow
yeah, i think there was only 2 series......they repeated the series again in 1991 because i was little then and watching it...i havent been alive long enough to see the original series when it was first aired. i love bottom too...i think rick and an that guy that plays viv that stars in both are really funny.

Bottom was funny too - a natural extension of the Young Ones. I saw the Bottom show live a few years ago, too - well funny.

Originally posted by eyeqpc
The episode with the University Challenge contest was superb

[sorry for reposting this - but at least it is in this new thread now. After reading eyeqpc's comment, I just had to do it.]

My favourite comedy sketch of all time. Even reading this makes me weep with laughter. :


[SCENE: Rick and Neil on the train, scenery whizzing by. Papers are spread out on the table before them. Rick is casually fixing his hair while Neil nervously shuffles the papers.]

NEIL: Oh, I wish we'd missed the train after all now. I'm just not going to be able to answer anything, I just know it.
RICK: Oh, come off it, Neil, you little swotty-pants. Just look at you, swotting away for teacher like a total spazmo. You're just an utter creep, really, aren't you? You've done loads and loads of work on it and I haven't done anything, nothing a t all. Go on, test me. Go on, test me!

NEIL: You just said you hadn't done anything.

RICK: Don't be clever, just take the book. [Rick throws his notebook at Neil]

NEIL: Alright, but verbatim regurgitation is against my principles.

RICK: I'm asking you to test me on it, not throw up on it! Right, do it properly and don't skip bits.

NEIL: [reading the title of the notebook] "O-Level History Notes"?

RICK: Yes, bit of pretty bloody billiant luck, eh? We're doing exactly the same period as I did for O-Level!

NEIL: [Reading from the notebook] "Prick is a wonker. Signed, the rest of the class."

RICK: Ah, yes, now, that was a sort of "in joke" that we had in my form. Actually, I was incredibly popular and everyone thought I was great.

NEIL: "...I agree with the rest of the class. Signed, Teacher."

RICK: Just test me on the stuff, will you? [Indicating a different page] There!

NEIL: Alright, alright, don't get uncool and heavy. "Crop rotation in the 14th century..."

RICK: Right. [reciting] "Crop rotation in the 14th century was much more widespread..."

NEIL: "Considerably".

RICK: What?

NEIL: It's "considerably more widespread", not "much more".

RICK: Well?

NEIL: Well, you said, "do it properly."

RICK: Well, not that much, you stupid bloody hippie!

NEIL: You said, "do it properly and don't skip bits!" How was I to know that wasn't important?

RICK: Well it wasn't important, alright? Shall we just get on and stop wasting time like this? Right. "Crop rotation in the 14th century was _considerably_ more widespread...after..." God, I know this...don't tell me..."after 1172." [Neil is s ilent] Well, was I right?

NEIL: No, but I didn't think it was important.

RICK: Well, what was it, then?

NEIL: You just said not to tell you.

RICK: I bloody well did not!

NEIL: Yes you did! You said, "Don't tell me" just before you said, "1172."

RICK: But I only meant for a minute!

NEIL: What, a minute from now, or a minute from then?

RICK: Look, just shut up and tell me the answer!

NEIL: Shut up AND tell you the answer?

RICK: JUST TELL ME THE ANSWER!

NEIL: John.

RICK: Thank you..."John"?

NEIL: Yeah, "John" is the answer.

RICK: "Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after John?

NEIL: "...Lloyd invented the patent crop rotator."

RICK: Oh, yes, I knew it, I bloody knew it!

NEIL: You didn't, you didn't, you said "1172"! That's not a bit like "John".

RICK: [hysterical] You spiteful bastard, Neil! Just because you've done loads and loads of work for this, just because you're a creepy little swot you've done about 15 million tons of work for this, like a girl, and I'm so hard and street and cool that I've done absolutely bugger all, and you've done loads, look at it, loads and loads, loads and loads... [he starts making a mess of Neil's papers]

NEIL: Stop it, Rick! It's only University Challenge, Rick, it's only University Challenge!

Originally posted by Russ
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NEIL: [Reading from the notebook] "Prick is a wonker. Signed, the rest of the class."

RICK: Ah, yes, now, that was a sort of "in joke" that we had in my form. Actually, I was incredibly popular and everyone thought I was great.

NEIL: "...I agree with the rest of the class. Signed, Teacher."
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I p!ssed myself when I got the Young Ones on VHS...especially that episode.

What about when they rob the bank...that poor hamster.
Oh, and
CLIFF!!!